A review by emilypolcyn
Salem's Lot by Stephen King

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

This is a perfect vampire book to me. I loved how much setup we had — it made the world feel so real and grounded so when the vampires actually came the stakes were incredibly high (haha get it… stakes…)

A lovable cast of characters and a portrait of some truly awful people. I expected a good scary story but didn’t expect to love the people in it as much as I did.

Some outdated language / iffy remarks about queer and trans people but the story is all about terrible people + it was the 90s and King is just some white guy so I’ll give him a break. But if that sort of stuff upsets you be forewarned (not that you probably read Stephen King to feel warm and fuzzy inside… but still)
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